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Talker's MagazineThe quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).

The AdvocateNo, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.

Media MattersDocumentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.

Orcinushome of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups

Hominid Views"People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.

Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.

Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."

The Moderate VoiceThe voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.

News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.

HistoryLinkFun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.

right-wing blogs we like

The Reagan WingHearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.

September 02, 2012

Labor Day weekend potpourri

Mark and Irene Harris (left, frolicking in the Florida surf), delegates to the GOP convention, wrote this on their blog Rock Star GOP : "Prior to National Republican Convention we visited Disney for three
days. During our time at Epcot we visited the different countries. It
was neat seeing each country and the employees were from that individual
country. Then we visited America . . . one would think you would find
American employees. We were offended to find a person from Mexico
working in America. Mark spoke up and told them he was highly offended
after visiting the other countries and seeing employees from that
country and then come to America and find a Mexican. He was very civil
but his point was well made." They don't allow comments on their blog, but someone must have gotten to them, because a few days later, they posted: " For those of you who have not taken the Epcot experience, it is a trip
well worth taken. Epcot gives you a real world experience all in one
day. The shops, the buildings, the shows, and the food is all inherent
to where you are. Each staff member is identified by a name tag,
referencing their country of origin. As noted, only in the country of
the United States, within Epcot, was a staff member representing and
working, who did not have a name tag representing that country. I would
say being offended may been too harsh, disappointed or dismayed may
have been a better choice of words."

Ya think?

The saddest thing about Clint Eastwood's embarrassing performance at the
Republican National Convention is that it seemed so out of character
for a man who always has been more nuanced and complicated than his
macho film persona would suggest. In fact, many of his films have been
more nuanced and complicated than many realize, often demonstrating a
sensitivity to cultural diversity that is anathema to most Republicans,
once making the case for end of life choice, and once even revealing the
pettiness and empty false mythology behind the violent Westerns that
first made him famous.

Eastwood has come out in favor of gay marriage, but he supports a
presidential candidate who would ban it, and spoke to the convention of a
party that is openly bigoted against the LGBT community. Eastwood last
winter cut an ad that expressed appreciation for the auto bailout that
Mitt Romney opposed and President Obama created. Eastwood is an
environmentalist in a party that sees nature as nothing but a commodity
to be exploited and exhausted. Eastwood in his speech decried the
ongoing war in Afghanistan, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the
Republicans oppose even the limited withdrawal President Obama signed.
Eastwood mocked liberal Hollywood, but has a history of working well
with noted liberal activists such as Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Sean
Penn, Tim Robbins and Hillary Swank. He has been known as a man of
dignity, unpretentious, widely respected, well-liked.

Clint Eastwood is 82 years old, but there is no evidence that his
mental faculties have been suffering. He still directs substantial
films, and he still demonstrates wisdom in his choices of films to
direct. If there is any lesson to be drawn from his public
self-immolation it is that even a nuanced and complicated and normally
respectable man cannot stand in the GOP spotlight without being soiled
by it. This was a self-inflicted disaster, and Eastwood has no one to
blame but himself. It was, nevertheless, sad.

From Bloomberg Businessweek: On the final morning of the Republican National
Convention, Karl Rove took the stage at the Tampa Club to provide an
exclusive breakfast briefing to about 70 of the Republican party’s
highest-earning and most powerful donors. During the more than hour-long
session, Rove explained to an audience dotted with hedge fund
billionaires and investors—including John Paulson and Wilbur Ross—how
his super PAC, American Crossroads, will persuade undecided voters in
crucial swing states to vote against Barack Obama. He also detailed
plans for Senate and House races, and joked, “We should sink Todd Akin.
If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts!” Then Rove pleaded with his audience for more money—much more.

And finally, we admit to missing this story (We have an excuse. You don't want to know) and we thank those of you who kindly wrote in, asking us to post the information we have gathered:

"After 20 months, Fisher Communications’ KVI-AM Seattle is returning
to its conservative roots. On 9/4 it will again become Talk Radio KVI,
replacing “Smart Talk.” The current format has an emphasis on
entertainment news, lifestyle and health reports, and local news.
Programs include “Sunrise Seattle”, a Good Morning America-type program
hosted by Mark Christopher and Elisa Jaffe, Clark Howard, Phil Hendrie,
“The Buzz” with Scott Carty, the “Daily Wrap from the Wall Street
Journal” with Michael Castner, and Don Imus, as well as paid programming
on weekends.

The once and future format will begin at 5 a.m. on Tuesday with the
familiar voice of John Carlson, 2000 Republican gubernatorial candidate
who has lately been heard on crosstown KOMO radio. Carlson is a talk
radio veteran and onetime communications director for the Washington
State Republican Party.

Carlson will air until 9AM. Then it will be Laura Ingraham. Lars
Larsen will occupy the 6-9 p.m. slot, starting 9/24, followed by Michael
Savage from 9 p.m. until midnight."

The Dems will have nothing but their own tired rhetoric, scare tactics, distractions from the corruption in the State Dept., DHC and HHS and no new ideas. Give Ms. Fluke a year's supply of condoms so she won't have to mooch off the Government until after the election is over.

We will thank the Seals and the idea actually put forward by Mrs. Clinton to eradicate OBL. The book put forward by one of the Seals, disputes Obama's account of killing OBL. Just another sweetened up version of the crap sandwich he is feeding to his loyal subjects.

You really suck in all the Fox News talking points dont you KS? You obviously still don't know what Ms Fluke actually said, you haven't heard the military's reaction to that book (fiction) blah blah blah.

Nice try, Walt. Just talking the truth - why do you have such a problem with it ? Actually I do know , but don't care about what Fluke said - she's a tool of the Democrats, but you are not bright enough to see that.

She was a critic of President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal and was one of the first to call for his resignation over the affair, although she admitted that she had carried on a six-year illicit romance with married rancher Vernon Ravenscroft, when she worked for his natural-resources consulting firm during the 1980s. Chenoweth claimed that her case was different from the Clinton/Lewinsky case since she was a private citizen at the time, and claimed her case was different because "I've asked for God's forgiveness, and I've received it." and condoms too!!

Remember when KVI had the Mariners as well as the Cougs? Remember when they had a nighttime sports-talk show called "The Sports Page"? Remember when Bob Robertson was their sports director? Remember the days of Hardwick, Morton, Peter B, ect.? Remember when J. Michael Kenyon was on there? Remember when they took Larry King away from KIRO in 1980 before they lost it to the old KING-AM in 1985? Remember Tam Henry? Jim French & all the rest?

KVI am 570 KHz Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits.
Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.

KTTH am 770 KHzRight wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.